100 Bullets is an Eisner and Harvey Award-winning comic book written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Eduardo Risso. It is published by DC Comics under its Vertigo imprint and is slated to run for 100 issues. Vertigo logo Vertigo is an imprint of comic book and graphic novel publisher DC Comics. ... afasdfawerawerqrqwer asdf adf asdf asdfasdf asdf ... The main protagonist of the comic series 100 Bullets, Agent Graves is a mysterious and enigmatic provider of frontier justice to those who suffered a personal wrong. ... Mr. ... 100 Bullets is a fictional crime drama published by DC Comics. ... 100 Bullets is a fictional crime drama published by DC Comics. ... Brian Azzarello (born in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comic book writer. ... Eduardo Risso (born on November 23, 1961 in Córdoba, Argentina) is an Argentine comic book artist. ... Patricia Mulvihill is a colorist who has worked in the comics industry. ... Brian Azzarello (born in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comic book writer. ... Eduardo Risso (born on November 23, 1961 in Córdoba, Argentina) is an Argentine comic book artist. ... The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is given for creative achievement in comic books. ... The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Brian Azzarello (born in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comic book writer. ... Eduardo Risso (born on November 23, 1961 in Córdoba, Argentina) is an Argentine comic book artist. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... Vertigo logo Vertigo is an imprint of comic book and graphic novel publisher DC Comics. ...

Style

Both the writing and artwork in 100 Bullets exemplifies the noir and pulp genres. It presents morally ambiguous stories with dark realism. This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ... This article is about inexpensive fiction magazines. ...

Influenced stylistically by films such as Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, Bryan Singer's The Usual Suspects, Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Paul Thomas Anderson's Hard Eight, and by authors like Elmore Leonard, Eddie Bunker, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is a Palme dOr-winning American film director, actor, and an Oscar winning screenwriter. ... Pulp Fiction is a 1994 film by director Quentin Tarantino, who cowrote the film with Roger Avary. ... For the video game based on the film, see Reservoir Dogs (video game). ... Bryan Singer (born September 17, 1965) is an American film director. ... The Usual Suspects is a 1995 American neo-noir film written by Christopher McQuarrie and directed by Bryan Singer. ... Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire[1]) is an English film director. ... Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) is a violent, English black comedy film directed and written by Guy Ritchie. ... Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970[1] in Studio City, California) is a two-time Oscar nominated American filmmaker. ... Hard Eight is a 1996 film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow and Samuel L. Jackson. ... Elmore John Leonard Jr. ... Edward Bunker (born December 31, 1933 in Los Angeles, California) is an American author of crime fiction, screenwriter and an actor. ... Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories. ... For other persons named Raymond Chandler, see Raymond Chandler (disambiguation). ...

Plot

The plot of 100 Bullets hinges on the question of whether people would take the chance to get away with revenge. Occasionally in a given story arc, the mysterious Agent Graves approaches someone who has been wronged in some way, and gives them the chance to set things right in the form of a nondescript attaché case containing a handgun, 100 bullets, a photograph of a person known to them and irrefutable evidence that this person has ruined their life. He informs the candidate that the bullets are completely untraceable: any police investigation that uncovers one of them will stop. The main protagonist of the comic series 100 Bullets, Agent Graves is a mysterious and enigmatic provider of frontier justice to those who suffered a personal wrong. ... A typical briefcase. ... A Browning 9 millimeter Hi-Power Ordnance pistol of the French Navy, 19th century, using a Percussion cap mechanism Derringers were small and easily hidden. ...

Though all of the murders enabled by Agent Graves are presented as justifiable, the candidates are neither rewarded nor punished for taking up the offer, and appear to receive nothing other than closure for their actions. Several people have declined the offer.

Agent Graves was the leader of a group known as "The Minutemen". Although somewhat related to the civilian riflemen who fought in the American Revolution, Graves' group were also the enforcers and assassins for the shadowy organization known as "The Trust". The Trust was originally formed by the heads of 13 powerful European aristocratic families who made an offer to the kings of Europe to abandon the "Old World", where they had considerable influence and holdings, in exchange for complete autonomy in the still unclaimed portion of the "New World". When England ignored this proposition and colonized Roanoke Island late in the 16th century, the Minutemen were formed. The original Minutemen, seven vicious killers, eradicated the colony and left behind the message "Croatoa" as a warning. Since that time, the Minutemen's charge has been to protect the 13 Trust families, partly from outside threats, but primarily from each other. They were betrayed by the Trust and disbanded after Agent Graves refused to re-enact "The Greatest Crime in the History of Mankind". Some of the former Minutemen had their memories wiped for their protection and were living normal, if lackluster, lives at the beginning of the story. The Minutemen were a punk rock band from San Pedro, California comprising singer/guitarist D. Boon, bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley. ... John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen... The Trust is a fictional organization in the 100 Bullets comic book by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso, published by DC Comics imprint Vertigo. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans, Asians, and Africans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus; it includes Europe, Asia, and Africa (collectively known as Africa-Eurasia), plus surrounding islands. ... Frontispiece of Peter Martyr dAnghieras De orbe novo (On the New World). Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, 1722. ... A map of the Roanoke area, by John White Roanoke Island is an island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. ... A map of the Roanoke area, by John White Roanoke Island is an island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. ...

Many of those who are offered the chance for vengeance by Graves are actually former Minutemen, or people who have been wronged by the Trust or its agents. Trusting to luck and the importance of his "experiment", Agent Graves goes on to reactivate several former Minutemen and recruit potential new members during the course of the series, with the tentative help of the Trust's warlord, the shady and double-dealing Mr. Shepherd. Mr. ...

Characters

Main article: List of characters in 100 Bullets

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Issues/Story Arcs

Main article: 100 Bullets (issues)

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Collected editions

There are currently eleven trade paperbacks in publication for this series. The titles of the trade paperbacks all seem to be somehow related with their volume number ("First Shot", "Second Chance", "Foregone", "Counterfifth", "Six Feet", "Strychnine", "Decayed"), with two being indirect references ("Samurai" being book 7, for Seven Samurai, book 8 titled "The Hard Way," a reference to a roll in craps). Book 11 "Once Upon a Crime" is also a reference as once is Spanish for eleven. The exception to the rule is book 3, which was originally to be called "The Charm" - as in, 'third time's the charm', but was given the title of the collection's largest plot arc, "Hang Up on the Hang Low," when it won the Eisner Award. In comics, a trade paperback (TPB or simply trade) specifically refers to a collection of stories originally published in comic books reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or... For other uses, see Seven Samurai (disambiguation). ... Craps (previously known as crabs[1]) is a casino dice game. ...

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Other media adaptations

Acclaim announced plans to release a video game based on 100 Bullets. However, following the collapse of Acclaim's publishing house, the game has essentially been cancelled. It was intended that the player would be either Cole Burns or Snow Falls (a completely original character) and play in a third person view. The plot was generally unknown, aside from a supposition that it followed the plot of the comic book. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Namcos Pac-Man is one of the most popular video games ever made. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

D3Publishing has obtained the rights from Warner Bros. to publish a 100 Bullets game.^[1] They intend to make a video game completely independent from Acclaim's aborted vision, but still heavily reliant on input and plotting from Brian Azzarello.^[2] “WB” redirects here. ... 100 Bullets is an action game based upon the DC Comics 100 Bullets comic book, written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Eduardo Risso. ... Brian Azzarello (born in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comic book writer. ...

Critical reception

The series has attracted critical acclaim from within and beyond the industry,^[3] as "very violent, dark and clever"^[4] and "a series of compelling morality tales"^[5]

Awards

The series won the 2002 Harvey Awards for Best Writer, Best Artist and Best Continuing Series, the 2003 Harvey Award for Best Artist, as well as the 2004 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series. The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books. ... The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is given for creative achievement in comic books. ...

Cultural references

• The Cobra Starship music video "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)", promoting the movie of the same name, features a cameo by Samuel L. Jackson reading a copy of the trade paperback of Strychnine Lives.
• Taking Back Sunday named a song after the first set of dialogue, titled "What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost?".

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References

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External links

• 100Bullets.co.uk fan site, on material from which parts of this article were based

• Brian Azzarello interview to Sequential Tart (August 1999) regards the development of 100 Bullets, among other things
• Part three of a Brian Azzarello interview to Buzzscope (November 2005) regards the inspiration for several 100 Bullets characters
• 100 Bullets - Early previews of the cancelled video game
• Newsarama.com article (June 2006) by Chris Arrant
• Website for series artist Eduardo Risso
• Website for cover artist Dave Johnson
• Website for colorist Patricia Mulvihill